Storing SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages under a well-defined folder structure in msdb is advantageous, but getting them there can be a hassle. Here's a solution that does all the work for you....More

Take the time to revaluate if your organization can leverage their existing software & hardware assets to further strengthen its overall health in such turbulent times with Microsoft Business Intelligence....More

Microsoft Announces Product Realignment, BI Game-Changer
Today, in a message to the Business Intelligence Partner Community, Microsoft announced a major change in the alignment of the BI flagship product, Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server....More

Fortinet's new database security appliances, FortiDB-400B and FortiDB-2000B check your databases for vulnerabilities and include database activity monitoring and auditing features, which help you meet compliance requirements....More

Greetings All & Happy Pre-New Year!
I try my best to only write blog posts when they are informative and add potential value, thus it has been a while since I've blogged. The flip-side I suppose is sometimes my blog posts resemble short articles but oh well......More

From the Blogs

Duplicate records clutter databases and render the data within them unclear. This kind of problem is very common, and it’s the main reason that deduping software exists. But there’s another benefit to deduplication software: the ability to infer connections between individual records from various data sets....More

Companies looking to grow and extract value from their data are increasingly turning to Chief Data Officers (CDOs) to execute their data strategy. The role is new, and a playbook is necessary to address the many challenges CDOs face....More

After spending 20 years building analytics, BI and database solutions, I've focused on Cloud data solutions over the past 2 years. I've chosen 5 common challenges that I face every day with Cloud migrations and that you'll face in your Cloud BI projects....More